manly sea eagles rugby store<\/a><\/p>\nAgainst an all-international Scarlets front three, Ulster\u2019s front row managed to mine three penalties, huge in a 25-24 win which puts them in a strong position to reach the knockouts of the Champions Cup for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n
Loosehead prop Eric O\u2019Sullivan had Wales international Samson Lee in his back pocket as he put in a sublime 80-minute, 22 tackle performance, while Rory Best won the battle of the Lions hookers as he took Ken Owens apart.<\/p>\n
But the final member of Ulster\u2019s front row, and perhaps the least heralded so far, is Marty Moore who kept another international in Rob Evans quiet on the other side.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a step in the direction that we wanted to go,\u201d says the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the first round of Europe to now we\u2019ve been building on that platform and showing what our backs can do.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWatching the game back, it was evident how vital that set-piece platform was in opening up the spaces to put them in position. It\u2019s a big bonus when we put in that type of performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something we knew that if we stuck with it then it would come. We had the quality in the squad but it was about building those relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing emphasised after the game by man of the match Will Addison was the boost given to the back-line by the success of the scrum, describing it as \u2018oxygen\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s something we speak about in the squad,\u201d says the former Leinster tighthead, \u201cwith our actions we try and energise each other, especially going to somewhere like Parc y Scarlets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew we wouldn\u2019t have 10,000 people there cheering us on, we knew we\u2019d have to make our own atmosphere. That\u2019s something we have to do every week. Small or big, we have to make those moments count.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat makes all the difference, the two units building off each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as the tight five effort, the entire team put in arguably their best performance this season for a huge, and rare, away win to a formidable opponent.<\/p>\n
Ulster were clinical in the red zone, exhibited a line-speed in defence not yet seen this season and, of course, the pack stepped up in all areas of the set-piece.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Source: Ryan Byrne\/INPHO<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s not just props. We\u2019re a team that wants to work hard and pushes the pace. We never want to slow the game down, we want to be the aggressor and push the pace,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a lot of work. You might be working really hard and only make five or six tackles or doing the same and making 15 or 16, unfortunately, as a prop it\u2019s usually the latter. I think as a team that\u2019s the way we want to play our rugby.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were on the sidelines, the guys that had come off, and you could see the energy they still had, the will to win, it was phenomenal. It\u2019s a tough place to go and win, we shouldn\u2019t underestimate the task that that was last week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Impressive strides forward, but the Castleknock man isn\u2019t getting carried away with the win in Llanelli, complacency is the buzz word around the Kingspan this week. The ghosts of a 2012 round 4 loss to Northampton in Ravenhill, a week after a win in Franklin\u2019s Gardens, will serve a warning as they reach for what would be another huge four points.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe big thing is that we don\u2019t get complacent. They\u2019re a dangerous side, they\u2019ve got nothing to lose and they\u2019ll look to come here and play some expansive rugby, that\u2019s something they do very well,\u201d claims Moore.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really have to keep our eyes on the prize and make the most of the home advantage. It\u2019s about mindset, we\u2019ve spoken about going to a hostile environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was my first ever win at Parc y Scarlets, going right the way back to the (Leinster) academy, that\u2019s how hard a place it is to win. We have to have that mindset again. With the prep we have, that should hopefully be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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